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Death Bed
Death Bed, Scots Law of. By this law an heir in Scotland was entitled to keep his heritage as against a disposition of it by his predecessor. But the law is repealed by 34 & 35...
civil death
civil death : the status of a living person equivalent in its legal consequences to natural death ;specif : deprivation of certain civil rights upon conviction for a serious crime
death warrant
death warrant see warrant
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Pressing of death
Pressing of death. See PEINE FORTE ET DURE.
Burning to death
Burning to death, an ancient punishment (1) of women for petty treason, last inflicted for murder of a husband in 1726; (2) of any person for heresy. See H'RETICO COMBURENDO, DE
Brain-stem death
Brain-stem death, means the stage at which all functions of the brain-stem have permanently and irreversibly ceased and is so certified under sub-s. (6) of s. 3. [Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994 (42 of 1994),...
Boiling to death
Boiling to death, the punishment for poisoning inflicted by 22 Hen. 8, c. 9, repealed by 1 Edw. 6, c. 12.
Black death
Black death, the great pestilence which visited England and other parts of Europe about the middle of the fourteenth century.
death sentence
death sentence see sentence
death knell exception
death knell exception : a rule of procedure allowing immediate review of an interlocutory order when denial of review would result in irreparable injury
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